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1813 in Germany


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Events from the year 1813 in Germany.

  • Kingdom of Prussia

    • Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria

    • Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825)
  • Kingdom of Saxony

    • Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827)
  • Kingdom of Württemberg

    • Frederick I (22 December 1797 – 30 October 1816)
  • Grand Duke of Baden

    • Charles 10 June 1811 – 8 December 1818
  • Grand Duke of Hesse

    • Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830)
  • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    • Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)
  • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

    • Charles II (2 June 1794 – 6 November 1816)
  • Grand Duke of Oldenburg

    • Wilhelm (6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 ) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.
    • Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)
  • Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

    • Karl August (1809–1815)
  • Schaumburg-Lippe

    • George William (13 February 1787 - 1860)
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    • Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867)
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

    • Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
  • Principality of Lippe

    • Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)
  • Principality of Reuss-Greiz

    • Heinrich XIII (28 June 1800-29 January 1817)
  • Waldeck and Pyrmont

    • George I (24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813)
    • George II (9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845)
  • Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

    • Leopold III (16 December 1751 – 9 August 1817)
  • Duke of Brunswick

    • Frederick William (16 October 1806 – 16 June 1815)
  • Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

    • Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick
  • Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

    • Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826)
  • Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

    • Bernhard II (24 December 1803–20 September 1866)
  • Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

    • Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 1775 – 25 March 1816)
  • 9 February – Prussia abolishes the canton system and establishes universal conscription.

  • 28 February – Napoleonic Wars: Treaty of Kalisch – Prussia and Russia sign alliance against France

  • 4 March – The French garrison evacuates Berlin, leaving Russian troops able to reach and take the city without a fight.

  • 14 March – Mecklenburg-Schwerin joins the coalition

  • 17 March – Prussia declares war on France, establishes Landwehr and introduces the Iron Cross military award (backdated to 10 March) and issues An Mein Volk proclamation

  • 18 March – Russian Cossacks capture Hamburg

  • 5 April – Battle of Möckern: Prusso-Russian victory over France

  • 20 April – Saxony signs treaty of armed neutrality with Austria

  • 21 April – Frederick William III of Prussia establishes the Landsturm

  • 25 April – Bavaria announces its neutrality

  • 27 April – French garrison of Spandau capitulates

  • 2 May – Battle of Lützen – Napoleon wins against the German alliance.

  • 20/21 May – Battle of Bautzen – French victory over the coalition

  • 26 May – Battle of Haynau – Prussian victory against France

  • 31 May – French troops retake Hamburg

  • 4 June – Battle of Luckau – Coalition victory

  • 4 June – Truce of Pläswitz begins between France, Prussia and Russia

  • 14/15/27 June – Treaties of Reichenbach – between Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria

  • 12 July – Trachenberg Plan adopted by the Allies

  • 11 August – Austria declares war on France

  • 16 August – The truce ends

  • 23 August – Battle of Großbeeren: Napoleon is defeated by Prussia and Sweden.

  • 26 August – Battle of the Katzbach: Napoleon's troops are defeated by Prussia and Russia.

  • 26–27 August – Battle of Dresden: Napoleon's troops are victorious.

  • 27 August – Battle of Hagelberg: Prusso-Russian victory

  • 29–30 August – First Battle of Kulm: French Marshal Vandamme is defeated and captured, by allied Coalition forces from Russia, Prussia and Austria.

  • 4 September: In the gaming records of Hans Carl Leopold von der Gabelentz the name of Germany's national card game, "Scat" (now Skat, appears for the time.

  • 6 September – Battle of Dennewitz: The armies of Napoleon are defeated by Prussia and Russia.

  • 9 September – Treaty of Töplitz – between Prussia, Austria and Russia

  • 17 September – Second Battle of Kulm: The Allied Coalition is victorious; Napoleon is forced to halt his advance on Teplitz.

  • 18 September – Battle of the Göhrde – Coalition victory

  • 28 September – Battle of Altenburg – Coalition victory

  • 29 September – Combat of Roßlau – Coalition victory

  • 3 October – Battle of Wartenburg – Prussian victory

16–19 October: Battle of Leipzig

  • 8 October – Treaty of Ried – Bavaria allies with the Coalition against France
  • 14 October – Bavaria declares war on France
  • 16–19 October – Battle of Leipzig: Napoleon is defeated by the forces of the Sixth Coalition. More than 600,000 troops are in the field, with well over 20% killed, wounded or missing. Many of the German states forming the Confederation of the Rhine defect from Napoleon to the Coalition, as a result of the battle.
  • 26 October – King Jérôme leaves Kassel, effectively dissolving the Kingdom of Westphalia
  • 30–31 October – Battle of Hanau: Napoleon defeats Bavarian-Austrian force.
  • 2 November – Treaty of Fulda – Württemberg joins the Coalition
  • 11 November – French garrison of Dresden capitulates
  • 20 November – Baden joins the coalition
  • 21 November – William I enters Kassel and is restored as Elector of Hesse
  • 23 November – Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau join the coalition
  • 7 December – Battle of Bornhöved
  • 8 December – Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, together with his Wellington's Victory, are premiered in Vienna under the composer's baton, in a benefit concert for Austrian and Bavarian soldiers wounded at the Battle of Hanau.
  • 10 December – Battle of Sehested
  • 31 December – Blücher's Army of Silesia crosses the Rhine

Richard Wagner

  • 11 February – Otto Ludwig, German writer (d. 1865)
  • 18 March – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet, playwright (d. 1863)
  • 1 April – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, German mineralogist (d. 1899)
  • 22 May – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)

Georg Büchner

  • 17 October – Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)

  • 20 January –Christoph Martin Wieland, German writer (b. 1733)

  • 3 April – Friederike Brion, first great love of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (b. 1752)

  • 28 June –Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)

  • 26 August – Theodor Körner, German author, soldier (b. 1791)

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